Minerals of China

Pictured below are a few of the 600 specimens of Chinese minerals in the collection. I hope that you enjoy viewing them and should you see any locality mistakes be sure to contact me. A number of the specimens have been photographed by Bert Ottens and appear in his book on the Minerals of China.

Minerals of China

Pictured below are a few of the 600 specimens of Chinese minerals in the collection. I hope that you enjoy viewing them and should you see any locality mistakes be sure to contact me. A number of the specimens have been photographed by Bert Ottens and appear in his book on the Minerals of China.

Antlerite xls with Brochantite xls (Ottens book p. 166)

Chengmenshan Mine,Juijiang, Jiangxi Provence

Andalusite Xl Var. Chiastolite (Ottens book p. 469)

Taiyuan, Shanxi Province

Andradite var. Demantoid xls. (Ottens book)

Xinjiang Province

Andradite var. Demantoid xls. (closeup) (Ottens book p.469)

Xinjiang Province

Apophyllite xl on Quartz xl.

Daye,Fengjianshan wollastonite mine, Huangshi, Hubei Provinch

Apophyllite xls. on Quartz var Amethyst xl.

Daye, Fengjianshan wollastonite mine, Huangshi , Hubei Province

Arsenopyrite xls. (Ottens book p. 451)

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhan Co.,Hunan Province

Bertrandite xls. with Rhodochrosite xls. (Ottens book p.476)

Yaoganxian Mine, Hunan Province

Bertrandite xls. on Rhodochrosite xls. (Ottens book)

Yaoganxian Mine, Hunan Prov.

Brochantite xls. (closeup)

Chenmenshan Mine, Juijiang, Jiangxi Province

Brochantite xls. (Ottens book p. 166)

Chenmenshan Mine, Jiujiang , Jiangxi Province

Calcite xl. (Ottens book p. 313)

Dachang Mine,Nandan,Guangxi Prov.

Cassiterite xl.

Zinyang Mine, Pingwu, Sichuan Province

Cerussite xls. (Ottens book p.483)

Daoping, Yangshuo, Guizhou Province

Chalcopyrite twin xl on Quartz xls (Ottens book p. 450)

Yaogangxian, Hunan Province

Creedite xls.

Qinglong Co., Guizhou Province

Chalcopyrite Stalactitic (Ottens book p. 485)

Kangjianwan Mine,Shikoushan, Hunan Province

Cinnabar xls. on Dolomite xls.

Chetian,Hunan Province

Diamond xl.

Mengyin,Shandong Province

Diopside xl. (Ottens book P.53)

Baicheng, Kunlun Mts, Xinjiang Province

Diopside xls. with Chromite (Ottens book p.489)

Daye/Tieshan, Hubei Province

Fluorite xls. on Stibnite xls.(hexoctrahedon and tetrahexahedron)

Banpo Sb Mine, Dushan, Guizhou Province

Fluorite xls on Stibnite xls. (hexoctahedron and tetrahexahedron)

Banpo Sb Mine, Dushan, Guizhou Province

Helvite xls.on Quartz xls.

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province

Heulandite-Ca xls. with Stilbite xls (Ottens book p.501)

Daye/Fengjiashan, Hubei Province

Hubeite xls on Quartz xls.

Daye/Fengjiashan, Huangshi,Hubei Province

Paakonenite (botryoidal) with Kermesite xls (Ottens book p. 170)

Damingshan Mountain area,Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province

Kermesite xls with Valentinite xls (Ottens book p.169)

Damingshan Mountain area, Dafeng, Shanglin Co.,Guangxi Province while there have been many controversies about the locality for this small finf of antimony minerals this appears to be the accepted one.